THE HANGOVER REPORT – Cie Focus & Cie Chaliwaté’s DIMANCHE playfully realizes escalating climate change calamities with gleeful macabre

This past weekend at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s BAM Fisher Center, I attended Cie Focus and Cie Chaliwaté’s production of Dimanche. In a series of loosely interlocking vignettes – … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s SHADOW/LAND heavy-handedly unpacks inter-generational trauma and legacy via Hurricane Katrina

Last night, Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s shadow/land opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theatre (the play was originally released in podcast form during lockdown). Set in New Orleans during the imminent onset of Hurricane Katrina, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Laura Horton’s BREATHLESS kicks off 59E59 Theater’s 2023 Brits Off Broadway season in fine fashion

Earlier this week, I had a chance to catch up with Laura Horton’s Breathless, the first entry in 59E59 Theater’s 2023 edition of its excellent Brits Off Broadway series. As … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Red Bull and Fiasco’s lively revival of THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE pushes a tad too hard for laughs

I recently had a chance to catch up with Red Bull and Fiasco’s co-production of The Knight of the Burning Pestle at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortelle Theatre. Penned by Francis Beaumont way … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bobbi Jene Smith’s BROKEN THEATER: A fractured choreographic and meta-theatrical dissection of the theater-making process

This past weekend at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre, I also had the opportunity to catch one of the closing performances of Bobbi Jene Smith’s Broken Theater. Co-presented by La … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kander & Ebb’s (& Miranda’s) NEW YORK, NEW YORK is a flawed yet satisfying love letter to the Big Apple

Last weekend, I attended the highly anticipated new musical New York, New York at the St. James Theatre. Loosely adapted from the 1977 film of the same name (starring the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Larissa FastHorse’s pointed satire THE THANKSGIVING PLAY arrives on Broadway sharper than ever

Last night at the Helen Hayes Theatre, I attended Second Stage’s Broadway mounting of Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play, which arrives on the Great White Way after having played Off-Broadway … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Auburn’s elegant two-hander SUMMER, 1976 is magnificently anchored by Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht

Last night at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, David Auburn’s new play Summer, 1976 opened courtesy of Manhattan Theatre Club, marking the last new play entry on Broadway in an … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sean Hayes disappears into Oscar Levant in Doug Wright’s workmanlike new play GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR

Last night, Doug Wright’s new play Good Night, Oscar opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre. The play ran previously at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre where it received encouraging critical notices. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – J2 Spotlight winningly commences its 2023 season with a rare revival of Kander & Ebb’s WOMAN OF THE YEAR

This past weekend, I caught one of the final performances of J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre Company’s revival of Woman of the Year. The production commences J2 Spotlight’s 2023 season, which … Continue Reading →